How to Set Global Preferences for an NIS+ Subnet

To assign server preferences in the global table for all the machines on a subnet:

1. Run nisprefadm with the -G and -C subnet options.

   #nisprefadm -G -a -C subnet servers (preferences)

   Where:

   • -C subnet identifies the IP number of the subnet the preferences will apply to.

   • servers(preferences) are one or more servers with optional preference ranking numbers.

     For example, to specify that the subnet 172.22.123.123 uses the nismaster and replica3 servers with a default preference number of zero and the manf.replica6 server with a preference number of 1, type the following.

     polaris# nisprefadm -a -G -C 172.22.123.123 nismaster1 \ replica3 "manf.replica6(1)"